Smiths Racing BMW are delighted to announce that Peter Hickman and James Ellison will contest the 2019 Bennetts British Superbike Championship for the Gloucester-based team aboard the brand-new Smiths BMW S1000RR.

Peter Hickman closed to within eight points of third overall in the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship after the Smiths Racing BMW rider put in two superb rides to finish third and fourth in the penultimate round at Assen.

Smiths Racing’s Peter Hickman got his Bennetts British Superbike Championship Showdown underway in solid fashion at Oulton Park this weekend as he claimed a brace of eighth place finishes in difficult conditions to score vital points.